#your favorite character? dead

[krotiation]

i think we as a society need to bring back 100k+ slow burn multi-pov zombie apocalypse au fanfics

#I MISS THEM SO MUCH #THEY WERE SO ENTERTAINING WHY DID IT DIE DOWN #do i need to learn how to write so i can do it myself #because i would be dedicated enough to do it #and i wouldnt skimp out on any gore and angst either #your favorite character? dead #your favorite ship? in shambles #i want some ass clenching thriller with drama and gore and angst #GOD #i cant even delete this post anymore too many people feel my pain #txt

[autisticaradiamegido]

thoughts on dave and aradia (<>)?

day 356

BIG fan tbh. in this house we love and respect timerails

truly yall read this log and tell me theyre not cute

#day 356 #year 4 #dave strider #aradia megido #aradave #homestuck #she really saw this kid and was like OH YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR MORTALITY?? :D #boy do i have some relevant life experience and wisdom to impart on THAT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY #and then she just. very gently and kindly makes the subject more approachable for ghostdave #the pesterlog i linked is literally my FAVORITE aradia moment. to me it is THE character defining moment for god tier aradia #yes she is being kind of ominous and trickstery at first #but it VERY quickly becomes clear shes got genuine concern for this kid she's had very little to do with up until this point #she really wants to connect with him over their shared time aspect stuff #and she really DOES care about how he feels about everything. she wants to help and she wants to put him at ease #because she KNOWS from experience that being dead and having to cope with what that means for you is like VERY UPSETTING AND TRAUMATIC #shes not just like. 'hee hee i think death is great and awesome because im edgy' #shes like 'no dude being dead is scary if you dont have anybody to explain this shit to you. so im going to explain it-' #'-and hopefully by the end of this conversation you will have some new things to feel relief and maybe even joy and excitement about' #'not just in spite of the death thing but BECAUSE of it' #i know shes spooky and has weirdgirl swag and we all love that about her but like #at her core she is a very KIND person. she may occasionally struggle to connect to people through the Death Special Interest Haze #but she WANTS to and when she DOES she is like. a genuinely very warm and comforting presence for her friends #ANYWAY. if andrew hussie or i guess james roach now want to give me an honorary doctorate for my 12+ years of intensive aradia studies #i will be here waiting patiently

[mokulule]

The Number You Have Called Cannot Be Reached 6

Part 1|Part 2|Part 3|Part 4|Part 5

Ship: Dead on Main (Danny/Jason) Warnings: angst/depression and canon typical violence

Bruce sighed, absently feeling the air on his hands folded in front of his face. He stared unseeingly ahead. His frowned deeply, at a loss of what to do. Worry picked at his self control.

Something was up with Jason. Ever since the other night, something had happened between the thief and Jason. It had left him unsettled and off balance, that much was obvious. They’d all been able to see it.

Now, today, Jason had lost control. He’d been agitated of course, but Bruce hadn’t expected the outburst. Jason was usually good at managing his anger these days, at least in the family. He didn’t get physical with them anymore in anger. Except today Jason had suddenly pulled him up by the shirt, and Bruce had honestly expected him to punch him. Jason had shaken it off, but then he’d fled.

The urge to move, to do something, itched at him. He wanted to get answers, but confronting Jason was out of the question. Their truce was fragile, and it seemed every time he spoke to Jason he said the wrong thing. He didn’t know what to do except control the urge to go after his son. He couldn’t fight his demons for him. He could only try not to make it worse.

And so he sat there, staring, unseeing.

Dick’s footsteps, came down the stairs, easily recognizable: light and almost dancing to a rhythm only he could hear, skipping a step every now and then.

“Hey B, thought you were going golfing with the mayor, keeping up the old appearances and all that” he greeted brightly, as ever immune to Bruce’s mood. Or maybe Alfred sent him down to deal with him, that was also an option.

“Oh I love these,” Dick reached forward over Bruce’s shoulder to grab a protein bar from the backpack. He opened it and started to eat it without hesitation.

“Dick,” Bruce sighed, “this is evidence.”

Dick snorted and leaned on the console so he could look at Bruce. “You’re serious.”

Bruce raised an eyebrow.

Dick snorted again, of course Bruce was serious, then he pulled the backpack over and started rooting through it. Much to Bruce’s exasperation he opened another protein bar.

“Dick, they could be drugged.”

“As if you’d have let me take the first one if that was the case,” Dick mumbled around the mouthful of granola. Bruce mentally conceded the point.

“Anyways,” Dick swallowed and continued, reading the name tag on the inside of the backpack, “Danny Fenton, who’s that?”

Bruce sighed.

“The thief.”

“The Ghost!?” Dick looked up in excitement, “so we have a name now?”

“Presumably, it may not originally have been his backpack.”

“True, doesn’t help much either does it? Danny is very common and Fenton may not be Johnson, but it’s not exactly unique.”

“I haven’t looked it up yet.”

Dick narrowed his eyes.

“This has anything to do with why you’re brooding?”

Silence stretched between them, but Dick could be surprisingly patient when he wanted to. There was no point in dragging things out, it wasn’t a secret, Dick could easily find out through the surveillance if he wanted, Bruce would rather he didn’t.

“Jason was the one who delivered the backpack.”

“Ah.” There was the worried frown Bruce would have liked to avoid. He leaned down a bit to better face Bruce.

“You had a fight?” The question was posed carefully, softly, not betraying any inkling what he thought of that, in a way to gently pry the answer from Bruce, but Bruce knew his eldest son well enough to know he was already mentally running damage control options. That was Dick, always trying to keep their family together tooth and nail. There was a soft pang of appreciation in his chest he couldn’t articulate, instead he focused on the problem at hand.

“He’s convinced the thief needs help, I don’t actually disagree.”

Dick sat back in realization, his eyes flickered to the backpack and its sorry spoils.

“But he could still be working for someone,” Dick recited with a sigh, it was an old lesson. One he knew Jason wouldn’t have appreciated, not if he felt Bruce was dismissing his concerns. “B.”

“I know.”

Do you? Dick’s eyebrows asked, but he had the grace not to actually say it. He clapped Bruce on the shoulder instead, squeezing slightly.

“He’ll warm back up.”

“You think so?” He asked unable to look up at Dick.

“Hey,” Dick said brightly in a way that naturally drew attention to him, “we’ve come back from worse.” And there was that bright smile and that pang of appreciation was back, along with another warm feeling in his chest: hope.

“Well, I gotta get going, I’ve got work tomorrow. Just gotta grab a few more of these.”

And the feeling was gone.

“Dick.”

“We shouldn’t waste perfectly good food, B, also they’re W-Mark exclusives, they don’t have them in Blüdhaven.” He grinned, pockets stuffed with contraband. Invariably reminding Bruce of a younger version with pockets full of candy he’d been denied. Brat already knew he had won. Bruce waved him off with a sigh.

Dick practically skipped towards the stairs. Then he paused.

“Oh and B, if I was you, I’d check the phone at the bottom of the bag. It’s not a brand I recognize.”

With that he was off.

Bruce stared after him. Pride warred with annoyance. He’d been so absorbed in his thoughts he hadn’t even noticed Dick checking out the bag more thoroughly than the cursory look he himself had done when Jason had handed it to him.

He grabbed the bag and rooted around a bit, and just as Dick had said, there was a phone.

He pulled it out, and turned it over in his hands. It was made from dark blue plastic. The logo on the back, a stylized V in front of a globe, wasn’t one he recognized. It looked old and scuffed, had actual buttons and a jarringly small screen when you were used to modern smartphones.

It was also out of power.

With how old it looked, it was unlikely cordless charging was an option. He looked at the bottom edge where there was an actual mini headphone jack, along with what he assumed was the charging port - it wasn’t a type he recognized.

He frowned and got up. He wouldn’t be too late for his meeting with the mayor if he left now, not something he couldn’t brush off as eccentric forgetfulness at least.

He could drop the phone off at Tim’s on the way. Tim would get the phone working one way or another.

Oo o oO

Danny stayed underneath the pavement long after the not-ghost had left. The feeling of almost giving in was a crawling like ants underneath his skin. The threat of almost capture was like a noose around his neck - if they captured him, if they managed to contain him, he would never get home.

Eventually the bone deep tiredness of using his powers too much hit him, and he dragged himself back to his haunt, invisibly and intangibly, because he’d had much too much excitement today. He was raw and empty inside when he dropped onto his blanket pile and rolled up. He would get food some other day. Never mind that he was completely out. It wouldn’t end his existence, just weaken him. Ghosts at the core ran on willpower, and Danny wanted to go home.

A small squeak and rustle, had him opening his eyes a crack and turning his head to look to the far side of the room. There the rat was going his trash, the packaging probably still smelled like food.

He huffed and closed his eyes again. If he got truly desperate he could always eat the rat - It wouldn’t be the worst thing he’d eaten.

next

Masterpost for subscription

Sorry, it's not the longest part this time, but we got to appreciate a few other characters, yay! Hope you enjoyed, cause Danny sure isn't enjoying himself.

#Sorry Danny this is what you get for being my favorite character #all misery #Jason doesn't appear in this part #He'll be there next time angsting over how Danny keeps running away from him #Jason is catnip to Danny #Danny however doesn't do recreational drugs #sorry Jay #your ghost is on another rooftop #what is this #spoilers for the next part in the tags #Moku how dare you #dp x dc #dead on main #Missed Connections #angst #cw depression #Dick Grayson is a good detective #can we please appreciate him #let's try to ignore that he was eating Danny's stolen food #in Dick's defense the stolen food was already stolen #don't waste food #Bruce is trying to be a good dad

[smile-files]

the best thing about being very attached to classic children's shows is that most of my friends have engaged with them (they watched them as kids). the worst thing about being very attached to classic children's is that none of my friends are currently engaging with them (they watched them as kids)

#melonposting #i was talking to my friend about the magic school bus the other day #and i was like 'who was your favorite character as a kid? mine's always been arnold :)' #and she was like 'oh i don't remember their names :P' #it's like constantly being in a dead fandom where the fandom is everyone in your generation!! waugh!!! #at least folks know their favorite pony still... i can still exchange mlp kins... #but we all watched the magic school bus too! come on!! #i don't care if i only love it so much because i have multiple mental disorders!!! that's besides the point!!!! /silly #i mean heck i haven't consistently watched the octonauts for years and years now but i still care about them :( my vegimals... #<- guy who remembers everything that happened before they turned 10 and nothing else /silly

[lazycranberrydoodles]

MAILMAN - SOUNDGARDEN

BABYGIRL WHAT IF THE SINGLE PLANK PATH TURNED MY YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE INTO A TOXIC COCKTAIL OF HUBRIS AND MORBID RESIGNATION

yeah. follow for more of the character of all time XO

#verse 2: for all of your kisses turned to spit in my face / for all that reminds me which is my place #for all of the times when you made me disappear / this time i’m sure you will know that i am here #verse 3: my place was beneath you / but now i am above #and now i send you a message of love / a simple reminder of what you won’t see / a future so holy without me #its the bitterness. the references to an inferior origin. the mocking tone. the finality. #the ‘i’m bringing you down with me and the eventuality of my demise gives me power over you.’ #the spiteful continuance. OURGHHHHH #urgh yeah. ‘a simple reminder of what you won’t see/ a future so holy without me’ is probably my favorite line in reference to the yllz #my favorite song from Superunknown (album) is Limo Wreck! #but this has been on my wwx playlist for a while. and its right next to LVCRFT’s Dead Don’t Die djbdhgf #which is a banger about how awesome and spooky it is to be undead #(its like. hip hop x pop x how villain songs in musicals are always the best) #e.g. #‘welcome to my lair / put your bones in the air’ #sorry lemme just #DEAD DONT DIEEEEE (the dead dont die we just multiply) DEAD DONT DIEEEE (does this look in my eye make you terrified?) #yeah its more goofy silly post resurrection wwx. hes a multifaceted character <3 #is the curtain of talismans in the demon suppressing cave fanon or canon btw? i cannot rember where i got it from #used my yllz nenderoid as a reference 😌 #art #mdzs #cringetober 2023 #mo dao zu shi #my art #yiling laozu #yiling patriarch #wei wuxian #the grandmaster of diabolism #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #self harm tw

[fandom-march-madness]

Propaganda

Commander Wake:

"she literally nicknamed gideon 'bomb' because she fully intended to use that baby as a literal bomb!"

"this is the loosest definition of mom ever. she didn't give birth she built a weapon."

"where is the option for "not a mom just egg donor and reluctant incubator"? jk jk I think wake's weird pusthumous not-relationship w gideon is fascinating but like really she worked very to not think of that baby as human"

Adora Crellin:

"vote adora she drove one of her daughters to self harm, one to become a murderer, and one to get killed by the medicines she gave to her. All this while exploiting the work of latines and bullying an entire town into submission."

#commander awake remembrance of these valiant dead kia hua ko te pai snap back to reality oops there goes gravity #commander wake #the locked tomb #adora crellin #sharp objects #gillian flynn #polls #your favorite character #bad mom #2024: bad moms #2024: mother's day

[wander-wren]

presumed death literally the trope of all time. you’re telling me i can have the grief and horror of character death AND have the happy ending too??

not to mention the possibilities after “dead” character turns up again.

maybe they have no idea their loved one thinks they died, and they show up all nonchalant only to realize things have gone horribly wrong. maybe their loved one thinks they’re a ghost/hallucination/trick and won’t accept them.

maybe they do know their loved one thinks they’re dead and they’re choosing to keep up the facade for their safety. watching from afar, unable to comfort them.

maybe they faked their death and believe their loved one is in on the scheme when actually that message was never received.

maybe, in the process of whatever almost killed them, they forgot about their loved one/old life/etc, and aren’t aware they have anything to return to.

maybe they “died” thinking no one would notice their absence, leaving their loved one full of regret for things unsaid. perhaps their loved one heals and moves on, only for “dead” character to return.

and just, augh, the aftermath. waking up to find “dead” character gone and assuming it was all a dream/they really did die. the codependency. the anger, even, that they didn’t come back/let themself get hurt/lied. maybe guilt if their body was abandoned by their comrades, only to learn that they were alive all along.

name me a trope that does more i’ll WAIT.

#wren wrambles #presumed dead #fanfic tropes #fanfiction #i’m working on a fic with this premise #i’ve written it at least once before as well #AND it’s in one of my books #i also play with the other trope of ‘presumed dead by everyone but [character]’ which is also so so good #the DENIAL?? #esp if that character gives up and it becomes normal presumed death #i actually had to stop adding to this bc i kept thinking of things and i was like shh wren youve made your point #anyway this is my favorite trope ever but i dont actually seek it out a lot but maybe i should #it’s devastating done well tho so i feel like i would need some lighter fics on the side to take breaks lmaoo #devastating but also happy

[jimmyjrsmusoems]

just saw a reddit comment saying that jimmy jr. should end up with chloe barbash where they’d have “incredibly unhappy lives until a few kids are born and then they divorce” and it made me feel like this

#like JUST ADMIT THAT YOU DON’T GET THEM!!!!!!!!!! #the bob’s burgers subreddit is actually the worst place on earth to be if jimmy jr. is your favorite character #they actively want him dead over there 😭

[lillyosaurus]

anybody remember horizon

#because I sure don’t #🥁 #Don’t have much to say because the books had barely anything to say about him #But hey!!!!!! horizon wof has become REAL #don’t even wish we got more on him he’s literally just there to die man #sandwing #sand wing #wof #wings of fire #wings of fire book one #wings of fire the dragonet prophecy #horizon #horizon wof #horizon wings of fire #the only intresting thing about him was his death and setting up peril sighhhh #favorite genre of wings of fire characters the ones who die instantly #like commander tempest #and dune theyll always be in my heart #OH NO! your tails on fire 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 #making a habit of drawing chatacyers who die instantly/are already dead before the series starts #first orca now horizon 💔 #my art

[rookrock]

The Magnus Archives is wild because it'll make you glad a character's dead. Yes! Finally they can be tortured no longer! Freedom from this fearful world!

#mag #the magnus archives #tma #not to mention when you find your favorite characters are already dead and think “that's probably for the best” #gerard keay #gertrude robinson #spoilers #tma spoilers

[nonbinarylesbianskout]

Yeah, having a bit of a moment over here.

#nomad of nowhere #skout non #toth non #melinda non #fullmetal alchemist AU #don't think too hard into this it's like half Brotherhood and half what actually happened in NoN #Y'dalan nomad was my favorite theory back in the day and i had to pay homage <3 #Melinda fans please come get your food #I feel like making Toth take Ling's role is a controversial decision when Scar is right there. but i think it's more in character at least- #for her in season 1 #yes melinda dead again and 100 years later another dumbass made the same mistake #Skout tried to bring back her mom and got off pretty damn easy in comparison #Skout is actually NOT trying to get her old body back. only nomad's #but the king here. while in Bradley's role is more like what we know in NoN but the crown in a philosopher's stone #just. you have to trust me here even though this is a mess #gave melinda and skout braids because of Ed but i didn't want to mess with Melinda's design too much

[cyberdragoninfinity]

absolutely fucked UP losing my damn mind seeing Z-one got added to the gate in duel links and finding out that for some reason they didn't give him individualized unique duel initiate/win dialogue for, like, characters he ACTUALLY dueled in canon (yusei, aporia), but THEY SURE AS HELL GAVE HIM UNIQUE DIALOGUE FOR TALKING TO PRIMO. THIS IS THE ONLY CHARACTER Z-ONE SAYS THIS SHIT TO. COMPLETELY OUT OF POCKET UNPROMPTED. IM??!? OK COOL. PAINED SMILE.

calling Primo a fucking FLEA......thinking about that vs. the way primo himself notoriously compares humans to insects...haha alright ok ok that's learned behavior then, ok. the way you have more in common with your adversaries than you care to realize. you are just as insignificant as the humans you so despise. NEAT. VERY COOL.

#GRAAAAAUUUUOOOGHHHHHH..... #ygo posting #z-one #zone 5ds #placido #primo 5ds #duel links madness #everybody gangster until i bust out my primo character analysis posts because the more i think about his dynamic with z-one #the more i want to cry and explode. dear lord. DEAR LORD. #WHAT IF YOU. WANTED TO BE GOD'S FAVORITE. BUT GOD KIND OF COULDNT STAND YOUR ASS #EVEN THOUGH YOURE A THIRD OF HIS DEAD HUSBANDWIFE #iliasterliker9000

[wizard-laundry]

what could he possibly be impatient over? (tag me pls if you actually do add to this, I wanna seeeeeee)

[Image ID: W.D. Gaster looking mildly annoyed at an individual standing next to him. He is holding a cup of coffee and tapping the pointer finger of his free hand on a desk. The individual next to him looks embarrassed while holding a pencil standing in front of an open notebook. The individual is drawn featureless. End ID.]

#undertale #wd gaster #w.d. gaster #insert your oc for ultimate fun #cringe is dead interact with your favorite characters #also i want the mug #also also i have been absorbing leafaske's art recently and I am just so dang inspired by the style... the flavor it has is 10/10 #wizard-laundry art

[edettethegreat]

10/10 manga for pulling a “we’ll defeat you with the power of friendship!!” “That’s… incredibly ignorant of you. I’m significantly more powerful, whether or not you have friends won’t impact this fight”

#this IS the best manga I stand by that forever #I know I vaguepost about it every few months but it just. keeps getting better #I am so emotionally invested in this #[spoiler]’s really out here being like “you fools. I am all powerful. Your group of like 8 friends cannot harm me” #He is genuinely such an interesting and compelling character #Such a unique character #honestly I don’t think I’ve ever seen a character like him in any media #Admittedly he’s not my favorite character. Not even my favorite in this manga. #But he’s just so strikingly unique #Just. The whole character progression of bullied outcast with a heart of gold —>dead(?)—> jk not really—>minor antagonist—> main antagonist #And you absolutely never see it coming #Because when he’s reintroduced as a minor antagonist you’re like “oh that’s interesting. That’s an interesting little twist” #And then as the story progresses and things become more and more intense #And suddenly HE’S the one who’s hunting the protagonists HE’S the one who’s actively trying to kill them #For those unfamiliar with this I feel like it’s important to clarify there was never some betrayal twist #As in he was genuinely a really good person at the start #And it’s a very very gradual shift #Because even when he’s reintroduced as an antagonist it’s all very understandable on his end #He’s a good guy he’s been through a lot but is making the best of his circumstances #Until he isn’t until things go too far #Just auuughh it;s so good

[yumemiruuuu]

Thank god for the official animal assignments in 2ha because I actually have an excuse to draw fanart of them as dogs and cats 😇😇

#The 2ha experience collage that no one asked for because I didn’t know what else to post 💅💅 #dead close to rereading 2ha again…. and then again in April right before the volume 5 release #ALSO LIKE I REALLY HOPE THAT THE WIKI WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS TIMELINE????? BECAUSE WHAT??? #pov you’re me and you just wanted to look up your favorite character for pictures but get spoiled on 5 things at once #Shi Qingxuan be like Oh They’re such amazing sworn brothers!!! 😇 when they’re obviously gay… I’m Shi Qingxuan. #WHY DID IT NEVER OCCUR TO ME THAT NANGONG SI AND YE WANGXI….?????????!!! #2ha #the DUMB husky and his white cat shizun and its DUMB DUMB DUMB reader (aka me) #the husky and his white cat shizun #the dumb husky and his white cat shizun #erha #erha he ta de bai mao shizun #二哈和的白貓師尊

[moireia]

moodboard — quinn murphy by @lorettastwilight

"I am someone who did not die when I should have died." — Anne Carson

#ocappreciation #fyeahthewalkingdeadocs #ochub #the walking dead oc #twd oc #quinn murphy #lorettastwilight tag #gifts for friends #happy birthday my dear friend! #thank you so much for the countless hours of joy sharing ideas back and forth #i never would have watch twd if it wasn't for your encouragement and I absolutely adore quinn's character so I had to make something for he #my favorite feral immune survivor #moodboard